Dean A Stocker

PhD: Boston University Boston, MA, 1999 (Condensed Matter Experimental Physics)

BS: Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, 1991 (Physics)

2016 -2018 Online Tutor, Tutoring high school- and university-level physics students in an online forum, Tutor.com, New York, NY

2016 -2018 Adjunct Lecturer / Lab Assistant, Teaching general physics, including labs; maintaining lab equipment and assisting in development of new labs, Cincinnati State Community and Technical College, Cincinnati, OH

2015 -2016 Lecturer, Taught Solid State Physics and General Physics, and assisted with a distance learning course on Mechanics, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi

2011 -2015 Director, Provided opportunities for education (pre-primary through tertiary), health care, psycho-social support, and income generation in subsistence farming communities with large populations of orphans. Oversaw a full-time staff of thirty employees and several volunteers , Kindle Orphan Outreach, Salima, Malawi

2005 -2009 Senior Detector Scientist, Designed, tested, and characterized x-ray detectors and associated electronics. Developed a Matlab simulation of pulse-processing algorithms. Led a group monitoring the microanalysis industry and protecting intellectual property. , ThermoFisher Scientific, Madison, WI

1999 -2004 Senior Member of Technical Staff, Characterized digital imagers in normal and high-radiation environments. Developed test equipment using LED light sources, fiber optics, and other optical and electronic equipment. Developed computer simulations of charge collection and radiation damage in imagers. Led a multi-corporation team developing cameras for strategic and space applications. , Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA

1994 -1999 Research Assistant / Teaching Fellow, Characterized optical and electronic properties of semiconductors. Developed etching techniques for Gallium Nitride. Led discussion sessions and laboratory sessions for introductory physics courses., Boston University, Boston, MA

1991 -1993 Secondary School Teacher / U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Taught science, mathematics, and technical drawing. Supervised six other teachers as head of department of sciences., Maungwa Secondary School, Gutu, Zimbabwe

2017 -To Present Assistant Professor, Teaching introductory and general physics classes and labs. Physics education research related to active learning and ordering of material, locally and internationally., University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, Blue Ash, OH

Grant: #N/A Investigators:Stocker, Dean 08-01-2019 -07-31-2020 UC's Launch Awards Spring Semester Research Launch Awards Role:PI $2,500.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Academic - UC Blue Ash College
9555 Plainfield Rd
Blue Ash  Ohio, 45236
Phone: 513-936-1740
dean.stocker@uc.edu